Civil Rights Act of 1875

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United States federal statute civil rights law

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law enacted during Reconstruction that aimed to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations and jury service, though it was later struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Label Occurrences
Civil Rights Act of 1875 canonical 9
Civil Rights Cases 2
Civil Rights Act of 1875 enforcement controversies 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
surface form: Enforcement Act of 1875
appliesTo inns ⓘ
other places of public amusement ⓘ
public accommodations ⓘ
public conveyances on land ⓘ
public conveyances on water ⓘ
theaters ⓘ
constitutionalBasisClaimed Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1875-03-01 ⓘ
dateStruckDown 1883-10-15 ⓘ
declaredUnconstitutionalBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
effectOnFederalPower limited federal authority to prohibit private racial discrimination ⓘ
enactedIn Reconstruction era ⓘ
enforcementMechanism federal courts ⓘ
fullTitle An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights ⓘ
historicalSignificance last major civil rights law of the Reconstruction era ⓘ
influenced Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
later federal civil rights legislation ⓘ
introducedBy Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Charles Sumner ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States Senate ⓘ
limitedByCourtCase Civil Rights Act of 1875 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Cases
penaltyType criminal penalties for violators ⓘ
politicalContext post–Civil War Reconstruction ⓘ
prohibited exclusion of citizens from jury service on the basis of race ⓘ
racial discrimination in public accommodations ⓘ
protectedClass Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

all citizens of the United States ⓘ
purpose to guarantee African Americans equal access to jury service ⓘ
to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations ⓘ
to guarantee African Americans equal access to public transportation ⓘ
to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights ⓘ
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1875 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Cases
sectionAddressed equal enjoyment of public accommodations ⓘ
non-discrimination in jury selection ⓘ
signedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
status struck down as unconstitutional in part ⓘ
subjectMatter jury service rights ⓘ
public accommodations law ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
yearEnacted 1875 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Reconstruction era → significantEvent → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
Compromise of 1877 → follows → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → alsoKnownAs → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enforcement Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1875 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Cases
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → limitedByCourtCase → Civil Rights Act of 1875 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Cases
The Civil Rights Cases (1883) → legalSubject → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
subject surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
The Civil Rights Cases (1883) → precededBy → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
subject surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
United States v. Stanley → relatedLegislation → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
United States v. Ryan → appliedStatute → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
United States v. Nichols → relatedStatute → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
United States v. Singleton → appliesLaw → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
United States v. Singleton → isRelatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1875 enforcement controversies
Robinson v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1875 ⓘ